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Visit Russ Ferguson’s website and one will be greeted by the pulsating rhythm of ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” and the promise of a better, student-centered and innovative Duke community. With just a few more clicks, the candidate’s extensive platform and indicators ofhis wealth of experience in all three major bodies on campus—Duke Student Government, Campus Council and the Duke University Union—in addition to various other areas of the University is readily available. “I hope I’m recognized on campus as someone who gets things done,” Ferguson said. Ferguson’s philosophy behind this approach is that “ifyou’re required to live on campus for three years, it becomes very much a part of your life.” Thus, campus life needs to be made “easier” for students—a process he hopes to initiate as the next president of DSC. His top priorities are blanketing the campus with wireless access, creating an independent course evaluation site, opening key campus venues —the Bryan Center, gyms, library and student health services—24 hours a day and establishing an independent student committee to meet with the Duke University Police De-
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Junior Russ Ferguson seeks to promote a variety ofcampus improvements. partment weekly to establish weekend patrol routes and air grievances about student rights. He believes these projects have been needed for a long time, and his presidency would enable the University to attain a level of student-geared service that should already exist. The Charlotte native hopes to work more with undergraduates to meet these needs and make DSC a “true voice of the students, not just another leg of the administration,” he said. He also proposes a transportation and parking initiative SEE DSG ON PAGE 4
With about a minute remaining Monday night against LSU, Monique Currie had the ball in her hands as her team’s Final Four chances were on the line. Currie moved to the threepoint line and froze. She pivoted desperately but was unable to come up with a play to help the Blue Devils cut into a sixpoint deficit. Currie lost her dribble, and her second-seeded team lost its matchup with No. 1 seed LSU, 59-49, in the Chattanooga Regional Final. [LSU] did what they needed to do to win. They played tough defense and rebounded the basketball,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “They outrebounded us by 15 in the second half and that was the difference “
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Junior Monique Currie hoisted up 18 shots, but could only get four to fall. Her AllAmerican counterpart, LSU forward Seimone Augustus, shot 10-for-20from the field.
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Juniors Jesse Longoria, Russ Ferguson and Emily Aviki answer questions about theirplatforms in the first DSG debate since 1999.
In an effort to reinvigorate student interest in campus political life, the Election Commission of Duke Student Government held a debate Tuesday night for DSG’s three presidential candidates. The juniors—Emily Aviki, Russ Ferguson and Jesse Longoria—broached campus issues in a performance attendees described as well-mannered and generally tepid. About 150 students, mainly members of the candidates’ political campaign teams, looked on from their dinners in the Great Hall. Senior and moderator Ryan Welsh asked each candidate seven questions, four of which were pre-arranged. Members of the DSG election commission
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Chronicle wrote the other three. The candidates also had five minutes to present opening remarks and 90 seconds to close. Each of the candidates opted to oudine their campaign platform during opening statements. Aviki said her vision includes bringing traditions to Duke, creating more on-campus social outlets, improving safety, encouragservice ing community participation and promoting student leadership. Ferguson said he hopes to cover the campus with wireless internet access, create an independent course evaluations site, launch a student commission to SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 5
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A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia’s west coast late Monday, killing hundreds of people whose homes collapsed on them and spreading panic across the Indian Ocean that another killer tsunami was on the way. Indonesia’s vice president predicted up to 2,000 deaths. But fears of a second tsunami catastrophe in just over three months eased within hours, as officials in countries at risk reported their coasts clear of the type of quake-spawned waves that ravaged a dozen countries in Asia and Africa on Dec. 26. Almost all the deaths reported in the
hours immediately after Monday’s quake were on Indonesia’s Nias island, off Sumatra island’s west coast and close to the epicenter. Police were pulling children’s bodies out of the rubble of collapsed houses, and a fire was reportedly raging in one town. “It is predicted —and it’s still a rough estimate—that the number of dead may be between 1,000 and 2,000, Vice President radio station. Jusuf Kalla told the el-Shinta He said the estimate was based on an assessment of damage to buildings, not bodies counted. In the town of Gunungsitoli, about 70 percent of buildings collapsed in the market district, officials said.
“Hundreds of buildings have been damaged or have collapsed,” said Agus Mendrofa, the island’s deputy district head. He
told el-Shinta radio station that at least 296 people had died in Gunungsitoli. The MISNA missionary news agency in Rome, Italy, reported that a huge fire was raging early Tuesday in Gunungsitoli. “From the window I see very high flames,” MISNA quoted Father Raymond Laia as saying by telephone about two miles from the town. “The town is completely destroyed. I repeat, the town is com-
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The United States is pouring $B3 million into upgrading its main military bases in Afghanistan, an Air Force general said Monday in a sign that American forces will likely be needed in the country for years to come as al-Qaeda remains active in the region. Meanwhile, in a reminder of the instability still facing the 25,000 foreign troops in the country, a roadside bomb hit a Canadian Embassy vehicle and another car in Kabul, injuring at least four people. U.S. Brig. Gen. Jim Hunt said the millions were being spent on construction
Bagram, the main U.S. base north of Kabul, and Kandahar in the south. Both are being equipped with new runways. “We are continuously improving runways, taxiways, navigation aids, airfield lighting, billeting and other facilities to support our demanding mission,” Hunt, the commander of U.S. air operations in Afghanistan, said at a news conference in the capital. Afghan leaders are seeking a longterm “strategic partnership” with the United States, which expects to complete the training of the country’s new 70,000strong army next year, but it remains un-
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clear if that will include permanent American bases. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in Kabul this month that Washington had not decided how long to keep troops in the country, which neighbors Iran, Pakistan and oil-rich Central Asia. U.S. commanders have said they may cut their 17,000-strong force this year if a Taliban insurgency wanes. But they say the Afghan government remains vulnerable and some kind of U.S. presence will be needed for years.
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Iraq's outgoing interior minister predicted Monday that his country's emerging police and army may be capable of securing the nation in 18 months, saying his officers are beginning to take over from coalition forces.
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Even though Brandon Goodwin calls Duke Student Government executive vice president the “policy dork” of the organization, he is excited to potentially take on that moniker. Goodwin, a junior, is running unopposed for the position and has served two years as a DSG senator and was Class of 2006 vice president last year. He currently serves as DSG vice president of student affairs. As executive vice president, Goodwin would primarily set the agenda for and lead DSG meetings. “I think he truly understands what the role comprises,” said Andrew Wisnewski, senior and current executive vice president. “He’ll do an excellentjob of energizing and motivating the next group ofexecutives.” This year Goodwin wrote 10 pieces of legislation, more than half of the total DSG resolutions proposed. In March, Goodwin suggested exempting first-time offenders of the alcohol policy from disciplinary action. Currently students may be deterred from seeking medical assistance if they know they are going to be punished, he said. The resolution has been endorsed by Stephen Bryan, associate dean for student development, and will likely become part of next year’s alcohol policy, Goodwin said. Goodwin said he plans to improve the current process of event registration, which has two different forms and leads to spaces becoming overbooked. Goodwin has already worked this year to create a single form and said he envisions an online event registration system in the future. “We need to push for a more universal way to register for events,” he said. Goodwin said he also plans to reform the security fund, a budget that provides funds for two mandatory security guards at evening on-campus events. He said the budget often runs out—as it already has this year—and places the burden of hiring security on the organization planning the
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Many officials and community groups across North Carolina say that instituting a living wage—an hourly pay rate that supports a minimally comfortable quality of life—would greatly ease the struggles of the state’s working poor. But business interest groups and skeptical economists have stalled the efforts of most living wage supporters—except in Durham County. As the only municipal governments that have implemented living wage ordinances in North Carolina, the City of Durham and Durham County have led the way in turning a living wage into a reality for the state’s working poor. In June 2004, the Durham County Board of Commissioners set the county’s living wage at $9.74 per hour—about 7.5 percent above the federal poverty level for a family of four. All direct employees of the county and those working on longand short-term county service contracts benefited from the wage hike. The City of Durham’s living wage is $9.50 per hour. In addition to addressing complaints that individuals earning minimum wage cannot adequately support a family, a living wage aids in the recruitment and retention of quality workers, Durham City Council member Eugene Brown said. “I just think that the minimum wage unfortunately has become ajoke. It’s simply not adequate, especially not for a family of four,” Brown said. “By paying a decent wage, that’s one factor in helping to attract and retain good employees.” Several factors make the Durham area primed for a living wage, said Donald Nonini, a Durham resident and professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who has investigated both sides of the living wage debate. Nonini said the area may have been more ready than other communities for a living wage because Durham’s large black population—which has a history of being
politically active—represents a large portion of the county’s working poor. “There is a kind of political presence of African Americans in Durham that makes Durham a more likely place of organization,” Nonini said. Supporters of a living wage are now hoping other local governments will follow Durham’s lead. Some officials and workers’ rights groups in other parts of the state have tried to emulate Durham by making a determined effort to pass living wage ordinances. But many cities, including Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, have failed to produce tangible results. “When you are trying to help people reach the ‘American Dream,’ a living wage is the best way to do it,” said James Mitchell, a member of Charlotte’s City Council. Mitchell said he was disappointed when Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory vetoed a living wage ordinance that passed the council by a 74 vote in 2001. All the votes in favor of the bill came from Democrats, and all those against it—including the mayor’s veto—came from Republicans. Because Republicans tend to be concerned with business interests, they are typically opposed to a living wage, Mitchell said. Brownie Newman, a member of the Asheville City Council, said although he could not recall any organized movement to institute a living wage in Asheville, he would support one if it was presented. “The combination of low-paying jobs and a high cost of living make Asheville’s economy a difficult one for a lot of our working people,” Newman said. “Is it right for people to workfull time and live below the poverty line? I think the answer is no.” But opponents of a living wage argue that while high-caliber workers might be attracted to higher pay and improved quality of life, a living wage would be detrimental to many small businesses. SEE WAGE ON PAGE 4
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Handgun stolen A man reported to police that his handgun was stolen from his vehicle while it was parked at the Duke Medical Center valet. The man said he left his car with the valet in front of the hospital at 7 a.m. March 23, and when he returned at 5 p.m., the gun was missing from the center console. He told police he last saw the gun several days ago.
GPS taken from SUV A satellite tracking system was stolen March 23 from a sport utility vehicle outside the Center for Living. A patient told police she parked her Lincoln Aviator outside the center at 8 a.m. The patient said when she returned, the Garmin StreetPilot GPS 2160 was
Student charged with DWf A student was arrested and charged March 27 with driving while impaired in the area of Ninth and Markham streets. Police said Marlon Mathews, 33, a graduate student, drove left of the center line and failed field sobriety tests. Mathews declined to comment.
DSG from page 1 that involves establishing loading zones closer to dorms, increasing bus service following popular sporting events and adding off-campus routes on weekend nights. He also seeks to expand the Safeßides service, increasing offcampus access. Furthermore, he would like to perpetuate the recent change in the dining plan that allows freshman to apply unused breakfast credits to lunch purchases. He also advocates increasing the value of food points, by which
students would receive more points for less money. Todd Adams, assistant dean of students and director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, has worked with Ferguson, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, in a primarily greek context as an advisor to the Interfraternity Council’s executive board, on which Ferguson has served. Adams characterizes the candidate’s leadership style as collaborative. “I think building coalitions has served him well in his greek positions, and I am certain that would transfer to other leadership roles,” Adams said.
Student reports harassment A Duke student reported to police that she is receiving threatening emails and telephone calls from a woman since September 2004. The student told police the e-mails and calls are about a male they both know. The student reported the emails and calls to police on Wednesday. Student’s car dented A student reported a large dent on the roof of his 1999 Dodge Intrepid. The student told police he parked his car in the Blackwell lot on March 10 before spring break. He discovered the dent on the evening of March 24. The estimated damage is $7OO. Rearview mirrors removed A car belonging to a Duke resident adviser was damaged over spring break. The resident advisor parked her 1995 Nissan Altima in
WAGE from page 3 Harvey Schmitt, president and chief executive office of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, said the implementation of a living wage would force businesses to hire fewer workers because they would have to pay them more. “Most small businesses would see it as a potential challenge if it were across the board because it would be harder to hire people,” Schmitt said. “When you set an arbitrary baseline you run the risk of hurting job generation.” Despite opponents like
front of Southgate residence hall on March 11 and when she returned March 21, she discovered the rearview mirrors missing. The mirrors’ value is $6OO.
Things stolen from locked room Property belonging to a Duke
student was stolen from his residence hall room over spring break. The student told Duke police he locked his Kilgo Quadrangle room when he left for break on March 11, but when he came back March 20, his iPod, a textbook and assorted property were missing. Car vandalized in Allen lot A car belonging to a student was vandalized over the weekend in the Allen Building parking lot. The student told police he parked his 2004 Acura- in the upper lot at 4 p.m. March 26. The next day, he discovered an ink
Schmitt, living wage ordinances have been passed in several U.S. cities, including Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles and New Orleans. While municipal governments have traditionally played the most influential roles in implementing living wages, universities as major employers are now increasingly taking action to raise their workers’ wages. Georgetown University announced Thursday that it will provide a living wage to both its hired and outsourced workers. In North Carolina, Duke has shied away from defining its recent move to raise the base pay
picture on the trunk. Damage is estimated at $3OO. Cell phone stolen A bag belonging to a Duke clinics employee was stolen March 22. The bag was recovered later but a $3OO cell phone was missing. Motorist plows through rotary A motorist drove through the traffic circle early March 25 on Chapel Drive, damaging plants, shrubs and flowers. Damage value is $3OO.
Drug paraphernalia found in dorm Two students were cited Friday on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Rebecca Chalif, 19, and Felix Descamps, 18, were cited after a residence coordinator reported smelling marijuana coming from a room in Wilson SEE CRIME ON PAGE
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of all Duke-hired workers as a living wage, but its planned minimum pay rate of at least $lO per hour exceeds Durham’s recendy adopted living wage. UNC does not have a living wage and its minimum pay rate is considerably less than Duke’s. Housekeeping and food services employees there have begun lobbying for better pay. Patrick Conway, a professor of economics at UNC, said that instituting a living wage is harder at a public university where funds are dictated by the state. “We can’t change wages on UNC’s campus the same way they can on Duke’s campus,” he said.
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as the current Class of 2006 president—notably the distribution of class shot glasses and sweat pants and a contract with Sirens Lounge for class events —and as vice president of the Persian Student Association demonstrates the effectiveness of student government. Her responses tended toward platitudes, attendees said, but were generally sound. “This school has no traditions during Homecoming,” Aviki said, when prompted about DSG’s potential transition from a policy-oriented group to one focused on programming. “The events that we plan now will be here 50 years from now.” Longoria, asked about the two most important issues of the University’s strate-
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sues on campus. “We have the biggest opportunity of any university in the nation with that land right now,” Longoria said, referring to Central Campus. “What are we going to do with it?” He also emphasized the need for DSG to act as “student advocates,” setting an agenda determined largely by what students want rather than what the president seeks. Longoria provided adequate answers, audience members noted, but he seemed unprepared at times—telling the audience at one point during his closing statement that he lost his train of thought.
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A Malaysian family sleeps after an earthquake inKuala Lumpur March 29.The epicenter of the 8.7 quake was near the origin of the Dec. 26 tremor.
of several aftershocks. “We are busy now trying to pull people or bodies of children from the collapsed building,” said Nainggolan, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. “It is very hard also because there is no power. “The situation here is really messy,” he said. “Aftershocks keep hitting every half hour making thousands of people flee their homes and afraid to go home.” Nias, a renowned surfing spot, was badly hit Dec. 26, when at least 340 residents were killed and 10,000 were left homeless. The only other deaths reported in Monday’s quake happened in Sri Lanka, where two people were reportedly killed during a panicky evacuation from the coast in a Tamil rebel-held area. The U.S. Geological Survey measured Monday’s quake at magnitude 8.7 and said its epicenter was 155 miles south-southeast of Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province on Sumatra island. It struck just 110 miles southwest of the 9.0-magnitude temblor of Dec. 26—the world’s most powerful in 40 years. Monday’s wallop, although very powerful, was but a fraction of the earlier quake. In explosive power, December’s quake was equal to 100 million pounds of TNT; it caused the seabed to spring up as much as 60 feet. Terrified of a disaster of equal proportions, sirens sounded throughout the region as authorities issued tsunami alerts for six countries after the quake struck at 11:06 p.m. when many people were sleeping. Women clutching children ran into the darkened streets of Banda Aceh, crying and chanting “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is Great.” Others grabbed small bags of clothes and fled their tents and homes for higher
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Another man rushed instead to the local mosque, saying “Where can I go? You can’t outrun a tsunami.” The quake lasted two minutes and briefly cut electricity in Banda Aceh. Thousands poured into the streets, where flickering campfires and motorbike and car headlights provided the only lighting. People grabbed small bags ofclothes as they fled their tents and homes. Many were crying and jumping into cars and onto motorbikes and pedicabs to head for higher ground. Two women wearing prayer shawls and sarongs grabbed a fence to steady themselves. “People are still traumatized, still scared; they are running for higher ground,” said Feri, a 24-year-old aid volunteer who goes by one name. Panic gripped at least one relief camp in Banda Aceh. An Associated Press photographer saw thousands fleeing their tents —but with nowhere to go, they milled in crowds along the road. Police with megaphones asked people not to panic and return to their tents. After a while, many started moving back. In Malaysia, residents fled their shaking apartments and hotels. “I was getting ready for bed, and suddenly, the room started shaking,” said Jessie Chong, a resident of the largest city, Kuala Lumpur. “I thought I was hallucinating at first, but then I heard my neighbors screaming and running out.” In Sri Lanka, President Chandrika Kumaratunga called an emergency meeting at her home with Cabinet members and went on state television to assure the country “we are taking all precautionary measures.”
GOODWIN from page 3 “I see that a lot of positions really just absorb each other,” Goodwin said, adding that these consolidation ef-
forts would make DSG more efficient. If elected, Goodwin said he looks forward to working on DSG business as soon as Summer 2005, as he did this past summer with DSG officials Wisnewski and Jesse Longoria, a junior and vice president of athletics and campus services. Goodwin also has leadership roles in the Interfratemity Council and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and is involved with the Catholic Student Center and Project BUILD. “It would be an honor to pass the gavel on to Brandon,” Wisnewski said. “I’ve been very impressed by his compassion, integrity and enthusiasm in every project that he’s worked on.”
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needed for years. In an interview with CNN’s “Late Edition,” Army Gen. John Abizaid, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said fresh skirmishes along the Pakistani frontier showed “the fight is not out of the Taliban completely, and not out of the al-Queda people that are operating in that region.” Asked where Osama bin Laden might be, Abizaid said only that “an awful lot of al-Queda leadership” was operating in the mountainous border region and that U.S. troops were watching the area “with great interest.” Hunt said 150 U.S. aircraft, including ground-attack jets and helicopter gunships as well as transport and reconnaissance planes, were using 14 airfields around Afghanistan. Many are close to the Pakistani border. Other planes such as B-l bombers patrol over Afghanistan without landing. “We will continue to carry out the mission for as long as necessary to secure a free and democratic society for
the people of Afghanistan,” Hunt said. American officials say fixing the runway at Bagram will make it suitable for Dutch F-16 fighters expected to deploy this year to support the separate NATO-run security force in Afghanistan. U.S. forces have begun vacating Shindand Air Base, near the Iranian border, as NATO expands its 8,500-strong force into the west. U.S. forces are increasingly focused on the area along the Pakistani border, but security remains fragile also in the capital. Monday’s explosion damaged a Canadian Embassy vehicle and injured one Canadian, Afghan officials said. The bomb left a five-foot-wide crater next to the road. Witnesses, however, said the man, identified by an embassy official as a security guard, walked unaided from the damaged vehicle. Canadian officials were investigating the blast. “It detonated just as the embassy vehicle was driving by,” Lt. Col. Roland Lavoie, a public affairs spokesperson for Canada’s Department of Defense, said from Ottawa. “One of the goals of the investigation is to determine whether Canadian vehicles were targeted.
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Coach K deserves plenty of credit Many sportswriters across the country have made the argument that this has been head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s best coaching year ever. But given his gaudy resume, which is in the company of only a select few coaches in history and filled with national championships and conference titles, how can a season which ends in a disappointing loss in the Sweet 16 be Krzyzewski’s best year ever? To begin to understand why this year has been so impressive, you have to start with the summer of 2004. Duke’s most talented player, Luol Deng, and its most skilled recruit, Shaun Livingston, declared for the NBA draft, leaving gaping holes on the roster, especially in the frontcourt. Even the consequences of forward Michael
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Devils built a 24-12 lead using a 13-1 offensive set with Alison Bales at the high post to pound the ball inside to Williams, who scored 13 first-half points on perfect shooting. Bales showed surprising mobility on a play with 8:15 remaining in the half when she caught a pass at the high post and drove to the basket, making a layup. The drive, along with Bales’ reputation as a solid medium-range shooter, drew her defender out and allowed Williams to operate one-on-one under the hoop.
For the 97th time in Duke basketball history, the Blue Devils ended a season without a national championship. And although tears were shed after Duke’s 78-68 loss at the hands of Michigan State Friday night, it is difficult to ignore the sense of accomplishment shared by a team that said it got more out of this season than most. “I told the kids after the game, it’d be a mistake for us to dwell on this game—and a loss—because the season has been absolutely beautiful and sensational,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We showed the same heart tonight—our kids never gave up.” It would have been easy for the Blue Devils to throw in the towel at any point this season. After last season’s Final Four trip, the team lost senior Chris Duhon to graduation and freshman Luol Deng and recruit Shaun Livingston to the lure of NBA riches. The departure of those three left Duke with a short bench and without a true point guard. As a result they were ranked No. 11 in the preseason and selected to finish fourth in the ACC. Neither departures, injuries
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Going into her team’s matchup against LSU, Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors had a comprehensive game an to take game advantage off the Blue Devanalysis ils’ relative
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strengths over the nation’s top squad. Though these strengths and the corresponding approaches produced an early Duke advantage, it was outside forces working against
Goestenkors’ strategies that created a Blue Devil loss. Offensively, Duke tried to spread the floor and allow room inside for Mistie Williams, the Blue Devils’ best interior scorer, and for her teammates’ backdoor cuts to the basket. Goestenkors showed LSU a number of different looks to try to control the tempo of the game on the defensive end. But Duke’s own foul trouble and Tiger junior Seimone Augustus’ All-American-caliber play undermined Goestenkors’ plan. Early in the game, the Blue
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Freshman Zack Greer'sthree goals against Georgetownraised his season total to 29.
The men’s lacrosse team has an opportunity to make the record books Tuesday, when No. 2 Duke faces off against Mount St. Mary’s (3-2) at 3 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium. “Our motivation tomorrow is that we have a chance to make a little history around here,” head coach Mike Pressler said. “I told the boys no Duke team has ever gone 10-0.” The Blue Devils have not had a 10-win season since 2001, and Pressler said he can not remember a Division I team ever having
10 wins before April 1. During the long win streak the team has remained confident, but not cocky. Senior goalie Aaron Fenton credits Pressler with the team’s solid attitude. “[Coach] tells us to forget about last game—it’s history,” Fenton said. “From his point of view we are 0-9. He keeps us motivated to work hard every day in practice.” Junior attacker Dan Flannery also believes that the highenergy practices are what sets this team apart from any other SEE M. LACROSSE ON PAGE 12
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The Blue Devils’ offense showed promise with this play but almost immediately stalled. Bales went to the bench after picking up her second foul seconds after that layup. The team had as many turnovers (six) as points for the rest of the half, and LSU rapidly erased Duke’s early lead. Foul trouble further plagued Bales in the second half, as she was only able to play 21 minutes throughout the game. Chante Black provided solid interior defense for the Blue Devils but was not the same offensive threat with a mere four points. This allowed the Tigers to double team off her, a luxury they did not have with Bales on the floor. “They had to go out and respect [Bales] because Ali is our best high-post shooter,” Goestenkors said. “When Chante was in, they were just double teaming inside. They didn’t have to defend her out there because she is not as effective of a shooter.” Duke needed to hit threes to take defensive pressure off its post players with Bales out, but it was unable to do so. The Blue Devils shot a measly 2-for-13 from behind the arc, as Monique Currie’s 4-for-18 shooting performance left Jessica Foley as the only deep threat. But Foley, still both-
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nor lower expectations deterred them because in the minds of Krzyzewski and his players, there is no such thing as a down year in Durham and certainly not in the 100th year of Duke basketball. “It’s one of those things you really have to love about having teammates like that because in a lot of places you go, everyone is so consumed with just themselves and not the unit,” senior Reggie Love said. “I think everyone on the team has done a great job and risen to the challenges of adversity this year.” The team managed to win 27 games, lose just six, capture its sixth ACC Touma-
ered by tendonitis, failed to make a impact, shooting only 20 percent from threepoint range. “Their defense was excellent,” Goestenkors said. “We needed to hit some outside shots to draw them out, and we just couldn’t do it.” Even with different defensive formations throughout the night, Duke could not stop Augustus, the Most Outstanding Player in the Chattanooga region. The Blue Devils primarily utilized a man-toman defense, in which Wanisha Smith guarded the taller Augustus, who finished with 24 points on 50 percent shooting. The 6-foot-l LSU guard was able to shoot over Smith at will. Against the Blue Devils’ 2-3 zone, the All American exploited a gap at the freethrow line and consistently drew in the zone and kicked out to her wide-open teammates. Augustus also single-handedly obliterated Duke’s initial attempt to press with 7:30 remaining in the game, weaving through all of Duke’s defenders and making a runner in the lane. The game plan was solid, but the game presented unpredictable elements and unpreventible forces that overwhelmed any prepping the Blue Devils could do. “That’s basketball,” Williams said. ‘You have to show heart, and tonight we just came up short.” ment in seven years and earn a No. 1 seed
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in the game.” The Blue Devils (31-5) came out strong against the Tigers (33-2), holding the lead for most of opening 20 minutes. LSU would take the lead 15 seconds into the second half, and Duke held the lead for a total of just 38 seconds after the break. Seimone Augustus, who was named Most Outstanding Player of the regional, scored a game-high 24 points, including 12 in the second half. Down the stretch, Augustus routinely served up key plays for the Tigers. With 30 seconds to go and Duke down by seven, the unanimous All-American selection grabbed a rebound off an LSU miss from the line, giving her team a pivotal extra possession. Augustus then extended her team’s lead on two successful shots from the line, diminishing the Blue Devils’ hopes for a comeback. The Blue Devils’ own All-American, Currie, rarely took comfortable shots as most of her attempts came in the form of off-balance looks from the perimeter. With 53 seconds remaining, Currie stole the ball and missed a jumper at the other end, landing on the floor. Augustus lent a hand to the fallen Blue Devil and patted her on the back as the pair ran down the court for a LSU possession. “I think we did an excellent job in the first half, not as much in the last five minutes of the game,” Currie said. “In the second half, we just got a little over-rotated. They were getting a lot of easy baskets in the second half. They took advantage of that.” Currie has one more year of eligibility but has not decided whether she will return. After Monday night’s game she said that not winning a national championship will factor into her decision. Duke did not miss Currie’s offense much early as its dominant low-post offense and tough defensive pressure established an early lead, which the Blue Devils maintained for most of the first half. Under the basket, Mistie Williams secured strong positioning, leading the team with four first-half defensive rebounds and 13 first-half points, most coming on layups following passes from the top of the key. Williams was a perfect 7-for-7 on the night but did not score in the last 18 minutes. The Tigers made a mental defensive adjustment in the second half, “cleaning up,” LSU head coach Pokey Chapman said. The shift stunted the Blue Devils’ offense, particularly passing access to Williams. “They just really started fronting me, and then if I happened to push them up the lane, you had Sylvia Fowles ready to double me,” Williams said. “We just didn’t make the adjustments early enough.” Sylvia Fowles, standing at 6-foot-5, provided a challenge for Williams, Alison
sive junior campaign. After recommitting in the NCAA Tournament for the seventh himself to basketball and undergoing rigtime in the past eight seasons—all tri- orous off-season workouts, Redick transformed himself into a more complete playumphs not to be taken lightly. “The achievement of a No. 1 seed is an er. He was named ACC Player of the Year amazing accomplishment for this group of and is a finalist for the Naismith National young men,” Krzyzewski said. “It’s one of Player of the Year honor, accolades that the biggest accomplishments I’ve had in seemed out ofhis reach back in November. Meanwhile junior Shelden Williams, coaching for our group to finish ACC who became the first player under champs and get a No 1 seed.” And ailthough the flicker of hope for a Krzyzewski to average a double-double for National Championship was extina season, said he will take time to weigh his guished in Austin, Texas, Friday night, options regarding whether he’ll enter the the prospects for next season appear NBA draft or finish out his Duke career. Either way, the incoming freshman even brighter. Redick has stated he class will will fill many of the holes Michigan repeatedly JJ. return for his senior year and reiterated State exploited in Duke’s final loss. The that Friday night, hoping to top his impres- five-member class includes three McDon-
Bales and Chante Black, who had 13 points and 11 rebounds, eight of which came on the defensive end. In the second half, the Tigers overwhelmed Duke, shutting down their offense and driving through the defense that had been so effective through the first 20 minutes of play. LSU fought back on a four-minute 12-2 run at the end of the first half and carried its momentum into the second half. Bales and Williams tried to gain position underneath, but four fouls hindered each player’s efforts, which shortened the Duke bench for much of the second half. After shooting 52.2 percent in the first half, the Blue Devils could only make a quarter of their shots fall after the break. Without Bales and Williams, many of those shots came from long range, where Duke looked considerably less comfortable. “I thought we were in great position. We were playing excellent defense, and we had the tempo we wanted,” Goestenkors said. “I think fatigue was a factor. We need our rotation.” To Goestenkors, this year’s achievements were remarkable for a team that faced much adversity in the form of injuries, suspensions and graduated stars. But after the team’s final game, the head coach was frustrated with how the loss came down to rebounding and turnovers. The Tigers outrebounded Goestenkors’ squad by 15, after the teams each had 14 boards in the first half. LSU scored 17 points to Duke’s six off turnovers. “What’s disappointing is that I think the game came down to things that we could have controlled,” Goestenkors said. NOTES: No. 7 seed North Carolina fell to Baylor in the other regional final Monday.... LSU will take on Baylor in the Final Four.... Duke’s 19 points in the second half were a season low. STATE FT REB PF 44 71 1-3 3 11 3 3 2-2 0-0 2 2 3 7 1-5 0 34 4 0-0 2 1 0 1-2 1 0-0 0 0
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TEAM TOTALS 23- 1A 12- 42 13 59 14 Blocks Fowles (2), Hoston (1) Steals Fowles (3) Augustus (2), Johnson (2), Hoston (2) FG%: Ist Half; 46.4; 2nd Half: 37.0; Game: 41.8 FT%; Ist Half: 42.9; 2nd Half; 69.2; Game: 60.0 DUKE A TP FG 3-PT FT REB PF 6 3 0 15 7-7 0-0 1-2 Williams 3-4 5 4 4 11 Currie 4-18 0-4 Foley 3-9 1-5 0-0 4 2 2 7 3-31105 1-4 0-1 Whitley Bales 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 4 4 Smith TEAM TOTALS
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aid’s All-Americans, a good shooter in Martynas Pocius and Jamal Boykin, who was named player of the year in California but did not earn an invite to Wednesday’s all-star game. Greg Paulus, who is ranked as the second best point guard in his class by scout.com, will bring immediate assistance to junior Sean Dockery. And Josh Mcßoberts and his 6-foot-10, 240-pound frame will help rebound and add depth in the post. Altogether next year’s lineup should include seven McDonald’s All-Americans of the 12 recruited scholarship players. And considering Kr2yzewski’s coaching masterpiece this year, it is not premature for the Blue Devils to set their sights on Indianapolis in 2006.
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“If you look at our team, there are only two seniors that play,” Pressler said. “This is a sophomore- and junior-dominated team. We continue to improve and continue to get better.” Pressler said that Duke is still looking to improve on its faceoff percentage. He set a goal at the beginning of the season for his team to win 50 percent of its faceoffs, but the team has only secured 47 percent this year. The Blue Devils have been at their best this season when putting teams away early. Against then-No. 5 Georgetown Duke jumped to a 7-1 lead at half and never looked back. “We have to get out of the box quickly,” Pressler said. “Some of these Tuesday games we have not gotten off as quickly as we would have liked.” On top of everything else, this team knows how to have fun. Watch one game and see the team smile as they run circles around the competition. “Coach Pressler creates this atmosphere where we can have a good time, but we can still be serious and get the job done,” Flannery said. “We realize it is still just a game. We play better when we are having fun.”
COACH K from page 9 down a mega-million dollar deal just to stay in Durham, but admitted to being intrigued by the offer presented by Jerry Bus, the owner of the Lakers. In the 90s, Krzyzewsld said he would never even consider an offer from the NBA or another school because he was so happy at Duke, but that sentiment obviously changed. But Krzyzewsld had a plan for the season. First, after assuring his team and every Duke basketball fan that he was committed to staying in Durham, he began to tackle the problem of depth the only way possible: conditioning. Krzyzewsld converted his big time players into 40-minute players. JJ. Redick was notorious for getting out of shape during off-seasons and then forcing himself back into shape once basketball season rolled around. But this year, Krzyzewsld forced him and Williams, Randolph and Daniel Ewing to be able to play a full game without tiring. The next thing Krzyzewsld did was develop some of his players who had been marginal role players the previous season. Sean Dockery turnedfrom a player who could only help the team on defense or in transition to an accurate jump shooter who defenses could not leave alone. Lee Melchionni stepped out of the shadows to become a very dangerous offensive threat and even ended up carrying the Blue Devil offense to some very big wins throughout the season. Krzyzewsld also had to deal with multiple injuries to key players on the team. Randolph, Dockery and DeMarcus Nelson all had to miss significant time. Krzyzewsld turned to former wide-receiver Reggie Love, senior Patrick Johnson and even to Deng’s high school teammate Patrick Davidson for productive minutes. The fact is, this team was just not loaded with talent like Duke squads in the past —but Krzyzewsld did an amazing job getting full mileage from every part that he had. The list of this team’s accomplishments isn’t mindblowing (ACC Tournament Champions, No. 3 in the final AP poll), but it could’ve been a lot worse. After the loss in the Sweet 16 to the Spartans, Krzyzewsld put the season into perspective: “It’s been a tremendous season. I’ve loved my team. You either want the season to end in jubilation or crying. That emotion will show if you’ve actually had a great season. There’s a lot of crying in that lockerroom.” The NCAA Tournament was very disappointing, but Krzyzewski and his players have very little to hang their heads about.
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ACS candidates unqualified The Chronicle was enthusiastic mended for her spirit, we do not have about Hirsh Sandesara’s candidacy for confidence in her ability to run a committee and get things done. She also Duke Student Government Vice Presishowed a lack of creativity in her ideas dent ofAthletics and Campus Services. and did not seem to be aware of what and, well He was intelligent, spoken DSG has done in the even as a DSG outpast outside of her sider, had a good unstaffeditoriai subcommittee. of both derstanding A perennial concern that falls the boundaries and the requirements under Athletics and Campus Services, of the job. Sandesara, however, decided to drop out of the race Sunday. campus safety will forever be a camThe remaining candidates, sophopaign issue. Both Stasser and Bautsch more Ryan Strasser and junior Brenda repeated the traditional safety anBautsch, both have experience as DSG swers—committees, police guidelines, Senators but neither is qualified for blue light phones, etc. —but Sandesara the position. spoke about promoting a culture of Strasser is extremely ambitions—a safety. He understood the importance valuable quality in a vice president, but of introducing behavior changes, eshe is often ambitious to the point of it pecially in respect to preventing sexubeing a detrimental. His ambition can- al assault, as away of creating a safer not be matched by tangible results or campus. Neither Strasser nor Bautsch had this thorough of an understandby University finances. Strasser’s platform projects require significant ing of the issue, or the full range of reamounts of money, making them infeasponsibilities for the position. sible, and Strasser should not waste The Chronicle does not endorse time on chasing impossible goals. in the race for VP of Athletic and Although Bautsch should be com- Campus Services.
Chin for Academic Affairs Junior Christopher Chin is respon- spring. For now, however, Fore does not have a comprehensive understandsible for a number of small, yet tangible, changes over the past year. He got ing of the scope of the Academic Afstaplers put in all computer labs on fairs committee and does not have the campus and recendy helped launch priorities of the committee in order. DevilDVD, a program One issue that is thatallows students to rehashed by the Vice staffedltorlai rent popular DVDs President of Academfrom Lilly Library. In addition to his ic Affairs every year is that of the availwork with the Academic Affairs com- ability of course evaluations. Fore is mittee this year, Chin has a good un- under the impression that more of derstanding of the major issues that the same will properly address the will face the committee next year, and issue, while Chin sees the need to rehe is the best candidate for Vice Presi- vamp the system, dent ofAcademic Affairs. If DSC hopes to make any strides Joe Fore, a sophomore, has shown on course evaluations, it cannot wait passion for DSC as he almost single- for the Academic Council to vote in handedly pushed through a constitu- favor of an opt-out system. Instead, tional amendment concerning the cul- DSC must be proactive and cause ture of academic integrity. Fore will change. We believe Chin is the candimake a great Senator for another year date who can effect that change. and would likely be an excellent candiThe Chronicle endorses Christodate for VP of Academic Affairs next pher Chin for VP ofAcademic Affairs. s
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Support the moratorium Cell sat in prison for nine years state can still try original and appellate for a crime he did not commit. He death penalty cases. Regardless of one’s stance on the death spent four of those years—the length at row of your entire time Duke—on death penalty, there is simply no rational reason for the 1995 murder ofAllen Ray Jenkins in for opposing this bill. The moratorium is Aulander, N.C. In spite of the fact that there not a partisan issue but rather an attempt by was no physical evidence linking Cell to the all parties involved to ameliorate our state’s case and that the strongest evidence against judicial system. The committee assigned to him was the testimony of two young females conduct the review would address, among other topics, the issue of incompetent counwho were accomplices to the crime, the Atsel and the prevalence of discrimination in General’s office tried for firsthim torney first-degree murder cases. degree murder. According to the non-partisan N.C. During the initial trial, the Jury never heard from some of the 17 witnesses who Coalition for a Moratorium, more than one in six death row inmates had lawyers who saw the victim alive after the time Gell allegedly committed the murder nor from an have been disbarred or disciplined while less than 1 percent of all lawyers in the state audiotape revealing that the two female codefendants sought to concoct a story that ever receive such severe penalties. As tends to be the case throughout the country, most would frame Gell. Failing to act in accordeath row inmates are sendance with the Constitution, tenced to death for murderthe Attorney General’s office dddlH yOTTie ing a white person despite did not share these testithe fact that white people monies or the tape with the guest commentary defense attorneys only represent a minority of all murder victims. ImpoverFollowing the conviction, Gell was appointed new attorneys who not ished men and women, moreover, are far only discovered the tape and the favorable more likely to end up on death row than are wealthier—and usually whiter—defendants. testimony but also worked with forensic exto not Thus how can we fail to review a system determine that could perts Jenkins have died April 3—the date Gell allegedly that is clearly biased against racial and ethnic committed the crime. Yet the Attorney minorities? How can we sit idly by while innocent people are sentenced to death? How General’s office still pushed for Cell's execan we fail to act when there are simple steps cution in spite of the overwhelming evidence in his favor. we can take to improve our justice system? This Wednesday, March 30, is Moratorifrom the office went so far as to Lawyers retry the case even after a superior court um Lobby Day in Raleigh. The N.C. Coalition for a Moratorium will be holding brief judge in Bertie County overturned the inisessions explaining the proposed legislation tial verdict. The jury in the second trial deliberated for less than three hours before in the Museum of History and then leading exonerating the defendant. Cell left prison supporters over to the Legislative Building Feb. 18, 2004, after spending close to a in order to meet with their state legislators. Even if you cannot attend Lobby Day in decade behind bars. I wish I could tell you that such a case is Raleigh this Wednesday, you can e-mail an isolated incident that rarely occurs in and/or write your state legislator expressour judicial system. But in North Carolina ing your support for the bill. Even if you are alone, under the current death penalty law, not registered in North Carolina, you can write to the Durham state legislators and at least five innocent people have been sentenced to death. Cognizant of the systemic join the N.C. Coalition for a Moratorium at flaws that have contributed to these wrongwww. ncmoratorium. org. The Talmud, rabbinical commentary on ful convictions, 39 legislators in the North Carolina House recently introduced Bill the Old Testament, teaches us that “saving one life is like saving an entire world.” By 529 calling for a moratorium. The bill proa of executions supporting the moratorium, you can help poses two-year suspension during which time the General Assembly save the world many times over. would review the state’s capital punishment Adam Yoffie is a Trinity junior. system. During these two years, however, the
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Brodhead and the ownership society
President
Richard Brodhead wants to create an ownership society here at Duke. In his much-hyped “discussion” of undergraduate life last Tuesday, he presented an undeniably conservative vision of personal choice and
head evidendy disagrees, and so do I. Both of us believe that if individual students want to cut out the harmful behavior, they can; more importandy, both of us believe that a fundamental shift in the culture of this place can be effected entrepreneurship. through nothing more than the collective will of the underIt’s bold and maybe brilliant. Instead of sitting on our graduates themselves. laurels waiting for research opportunities, Brodhead exWhat would really happen if Brodhead gave us the keys horts us to go out and create them. He acknowledges that to a new social facility? My guess is that the next generation’s students are going to congregate in fraternity-like groups no Pashas and Vitarellis would join with other student leaders matter what and that responsibility for healthy drinking and fraternity presidents to develop plans for a kick-ass, unhabits ultimately lies with us. He defined Duke less as a sumdergraduate-friendly bar where students could go drink, mer camp than as a library ripe to be explored, stressing that watch games and hear some great music on a Friday night. our undergraduate experience will be as In short, it would be a college bar—that rich or as impoverished as we make it. species found in nearly every other college With this conservative vision firmly on town but ours—and it would be within walkthe table, Brodhead’s next task is to roll ing distance, just like it should be. There’d back some of the paternalistic policies that be less grandstanding from disgruntled belie his faith in the undergraduate. The adTrinity Park residents; more importandy, ministration’s heavy hand looms most opthere’d be less drunk driving. Yes, a Duke student died from alcohol pressively over social life, so Brodhead would be well advised to start there in transoverconsumption six years ago. We should forming his rhetoric into reality. do everything we can to discourage the beandrew collins Here is a proposal: Brodhead could give havior that leads to this kind of tragedy. hazzards of duke But let’s not students a large social space on the new get confused here —the correCentral Campus and appoint a committee lation between sports bars and death is just of students to determine its uses. Let us do what we want about nil. Permitting a real on-campus bar might cause a with it and perhaps his vision of a more responsible, self-empublic relations problem, but it would assuredly not make students more likely to binge and die. If anything, the fact powered student body will come to fruition. Maybe we’ll turn it into a Shooters-style club. Maybe we’ll that it would be a public establishment and its location on make it a more sophisticated bar/lounge area. Maybe we’ll the new mature-and-sophisticated Central would encourhold those whiffleball games and cooking competitions that age moderation. Eddie Hull has been talking about. Whatever we do, it will A sports bar is only one of many possibilities. I would like be more legitimate and therefore more popular than anyto see what students can do when given the opportunity to thing the administration could package as artificially “cool.” be accountable and really develop their entrepreneurial If Brodhead is not interested in providing students with skills. We don’t need a babysitter-cum-dean preaching the real ownership of their own social activities, I am confused virtues of three-legged races and turning aghast when stuabout his message. Emphasizing student initiative means dents touch the devil’s juice. more than telling us to search for grants on die Arts and SciBrodheadhas talked a big game and seems to have a real ences website. It means having faith that we will hold up our understanding of what students are and what they can be. end of the bargain on the Community Standard, the law and He has shown some faith in us, and I’m impressed. Now I’d the standards ofDuke. It means giving us the power to take like to see him stand and deliver. initiative on things that really matter. Some people say that “college students” only want to get Andrew CoUins is a Trinity seniorand former University editor black-out drunk and destroy themselves and others. Brod- of The Chronicle. His column appears Tuesdays.
Reality
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S. Thompson shot himself a month ago. I that a deity helps score touchdowns or buy into the delusion apologize for adding an extra nanosecond to the 15 that effortless perfection equals happiness, we are all kidpreviously allotted. But I bring this up because he ding ourselves. The world isn’t pixilated, none of us are ever had something to teach us about reality. perfect, and God couldn’t care less about the home team. Whereas past generations questioned, “What is realiBut we believe anyway. We need our daydreams to get us ty?” we are the first generation that can effectively ask, through the day. “Do we want to live in reality?” And this question needs to Drugs are not the solution or the problem. People don’t be answered. really take drugs to tick God off. They take drugs to momenMy rabbi once gave us the religious angle on drugs. He tarily escape reality. A little escapism is necessary to cope did not tell us simply: “Drugs will screw you up and kill you.” with life. Too much escapism, however, and you’ll jump off Drugs are actually evil because they substitute fantasy for re- buildings wearing nothing but a Superman cape. You may believe you’re fighting the ality. God created this majestic and beautiful place called the world for us to live in. You Man, but maybe you’re just getting high are effectively spitting in God’s face when and wasting your life. Online, you’re a Hmi valiant warrior, but others just see you staryou prefer a chemically induced high to the world the Almighty had provided. According ing at your computer. You may think perto my rabbi, a wise person should exclusively fection is being diin and wearing the right brand, but all I can see is emptiness and self live in reality. Hence, I was scared sober for most of my life. destruction. Our reality is very bleak and Dr. Thompson will be remembered for painful; our fantasies are easily accessible gideon weinerth and highly addictive. many things. Abstinence, however, is not one of them. His immortal image will forevHunter S. Thompson realized that we brain inconsequential er meant to JSPw.
soar across America in a haze of booze,
drugs and bullets. And my rabbi would probably disapprove. He’d say Dr. Thompson fled reality
into his famed dilated worldview. I humbly disagree. Let me explain: Gonzo journalismwas based on the entirely true premise that reality could never appear in newspapers. The media (even after factoring out human error and bias) can only tell us what they think has happened. There is still no way of getting to the truth. Nothing in journalism can fully give us the impact a bombing has on a village. You need fiction at the very least. The situation requires more flexible definitions and imagery than objective language allows. Maybe Hunter needed substances to possess the right craziness to describe the insanity. The most imaginative Gonzo journalism was more truthful than any accredited news source. He reflected and sharpened the reality of what he lived through. But what I see today is the total rejection ofreality. Drugs are no longer the exclusive means to deny what’s actually real. Whether we game for hours in a virtual world, believe
are not live in a fantasy world. He took drugs not to escape, but to confront reality. He always embraced the darker elements of American culture, His subjects included Hell’s Angels, politics and Las Vegas. He was out in the world, trying to get a sense of what it really was. I see him as man who knew reality’s limitations and tried to transcend them. I can guarantee thatyour reality will not be a pleasant experience. With what degree and with what type of escapism you meet it with is your own decision. Anyone who turns to me for moral guidance obviously requires more help than I could possibly give. But the Tennessean’s euolgy would not be complete without remembering this: “I HATE TO ADVOCATE DRUGS, ALCOHOL, Via LENCE, OR INSANITY TO ANYONE, BUT THEYVE ALWAYS WORKED FOR ME.”
Goodnight, Dr. Thompson Gideon Weinerth is every other Tuesday.
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Too little, too late
Last
week, Duke Dining Services announced a new program that allows freshmen to use unused
breakfast credits to purchase lunch at the Marketplace. I was thrilled, as most other freshmen were, to learn that my unused breakfasts wouldn’t continue to go entirely to waste. It alleviates some small portion of the enmity that I have felt towards the Marketplace and Duke Dining after being so completely ripped off over the course of this year. That enmity, however, is still largely intact. Despite the fact that this is an important step in improving the freshman meal plan, it is simply too little and too late. The Marketplace itself is fundamentally flawed, and anything short of making eating there completely voluntary is an admission that it is not representative of the will of students. Duke Dining, Duke Student Government and others involved in this issue are simply trying to provide quick fixes to a system that people have complained about for years and that needs to be completely restructured. As the latest attempt to improve the Marketplace, the “equivalency” program allows students who miss a breakfast that costs $6.70 when charged to food points to get $4.85 worth of food during lunch at the Marketplace. When asked whv th ’$ $4.85 couldn’t be apthis plied to other vendors, Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst replied, “I don’t want to lay off employees because we have to shift schedules.” He is either very ll' +� If GIIIOXX WOIT uncreative in his excuses or needs a quick refreshtransparency er in basic economics. With respect to the Marketplace employees, we are not at all obliged to support them at our own expense. If any on-campus vendor stopped serving palatable food, no one would fault students for refusing to eat there and making the vendor insolvent. The Marketplace is differentbecause we simply can’t express our displeasure by refusing to patronize it. But even if we did have an obligation to the employees, we are still eating and will still need people to prepare food, regardless of whether we eat at the Marketplace or not Forcing students to eat there has nothing to do with protecting the jobs of the employees, but everything to do with supporting ARAMARK Corp. and upholding a system that can only be described as fubar. The Marketplace itself is unique—every other vendor on campus makes money by attracting students to eat there (presumably by providing food options that students want). The Marketplace, however, already has our money and therefore has no real interest in wooing us to eat there. Under the current system, the only way for it to increase its bottom line is to reduce its operating costs (anyone wondering where the Lucky Charms have been lately?). Duke Dining has completely ignored the simple but powerful notion of competition—something whose absence from the first-year meal plan is being sorely felt by droves of unsatisfied freshmen. Without a profit motive that is based on providing for what students want, any system is destined to fail. Add to that other problems with the Marketplace. A greasy, all-you-can-eat buffet with few healthy options is not exactly the best way to prevent students from gaining the freshman 15. In addition to this, students also often waste food because much ofit is unpalatable and because we have no reason not to—further increasing the price ARAMARK has to charge Duke to even cover its own costs. So why would Duke continue with this system? It could have something to do with the fact that Duke does make money through the ARAMARK contract, or that the current CFO and Executive VP of ARAMARK sits on the Trinity Board ofVisitors (which influences first-year dining), or it could be that some of our administrators need to actually think this situation through. But ultimately, your guess is as good as mine. For me, however, the situation is clear. I would much rather take my business to a small, individually owned vendor, instead of giving more money to ARAMARK and Duke. Having already spent almost $3,000 at the Marketplace, however, I can’t afford to eat anywhere else. I would personally love to go to Cosmic every day, but they don’t take food points because of the 18 percent charge imposed by Duke on all points purchases. Thank you, Duke Dining. Wake up, DUSDAC and DSG.
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Duke Wind Symphony JOHN RANDAL GUPTILL, visiting dir. Gardens Concert. April 9,2 pm. Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Free.
Graduate Composers Concert April 2, Bpm. Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building. Free.
Collegium Musicum KERRY MCCARTHY, dir. Works by Guillaume Dufay and Josquin des Prez. April 9, Bpm. Duke Chapel. Free.
Choreolab 2005 A vibrant, varied program of modern, ballet, and African dance featuring works by M’LISS DGRRANCE, AVA LAVONNE VINESETT, and RICHARD VINESETT with the Duke African Repertory Ensemble, TYLER WALTERS, and CLAY TALIAFERRO. April 2, Bpm & April 3,3pm. Reynolds Theater. $l5 General, $5 Students. Organ
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Gospel Music Concert Informal concert by Creative Impressions Youth Choir. April 4,11:30am. Duke Chapel. Free. Master Class ALLAN WARE, clarinet. April 5,4pm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free.
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Into the Woods STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S Tony-winning score about the Brothers Grimm fairy tales with what happens after “happily ever after.” April 14-16& 21-23, Bpm; April 14, 7pm; April 24, 2pm. Reynolds Theater. $9 General Public, $7 Students/Sr. Citizens.
Thru April 3. Perkins Library, Special Collections Gallery.
Wednesdays at the Center Capoeira in Translation: What Happens When an Afro-Brazilian Dance /MartialArt / Spiritual Practice Leaves Home, talk by Porangui Carvalho McGrew, Percussionist, DJ, and Documentary Filmmaker. April 6,12pm. Franklin Center Room 240. Free.
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Something Deeply Held A student exhibition of toned black-and-white silver gelatin contact prints made from4-X-5inch negatives using large-format view cameras. ThruMarch 30. Porch Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies.
Concertante A dynamic ensemble of award-winning young chamber music artists will perform two of chamber music’s most beloved works; Septet in E-flat for Strings and Winds by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the Octet in F for Strings and Winds by Franz Schubert. April 9, Bpm. Page Auditorium. $25 General $l5 Youth, $5 Duke Students.
Where Are We Going With This? Sculpture by Brent Crothers. Thru April 7. Brown Gallery.
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Trio Mediaeval Sleek ensemble of sopranos from Scandinavia performing a program of ■ mediaeval and contemporary music from ll ■ France and England. April 10, spm. Duke Chapel. $2O m General, $5 Duke Students. m
Exhibition A Life in Photography: Louise Rosskam and the Documentary Tradition. Photographs by one of the elusive pioneers of what some have called the golden age of documentary photography. Opening Reception and Curators’ Lecture. (Thru May 15). March 30, 6-9 pm. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.
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Comic Book Cultures Selections from the comic book collections of the Duke and UNC-CH libraries. Thru May 15. Perkins Library Gallery.
Duke Symphony Orchestra Exhibition HARRY DAVIDSON, music dir. Inspired Rites/Rights/Rewrites: Women’s Video Art Influences: from Old World to New. from India, a show of work by contemporary Music of Bartok, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky 11 Indian video artists curated by ARSHIYA with student concerto competition MANSOOR LOKANDWALA, Cornell ■ winner RAHUL SATIJA, violin. University. April 13, Bpm. Baldwin Auditorium. m Thru April 1. John Hope Franklin Center Free. Gallery. Free. *
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DUU Freewater Presentations presents Griffith Film Theater. Weekday films are free for Duke students, $2 General Public, $1 Duke Employees. Friday Midnight Films are free. Quadflix Weekend Films are $3 General, $2 Duke Employees, $1 Duke students. Check website for times. Updates at www.union.duke.edu. Springteraational Film Festival ($1 for a festival ticket) 3/31-4/3 THE WOODSMAN RAY HOTEL RWANDA IN GOOD COMPANY P.S. CLUE 4/5
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Screen/Society presents Bpm, Richard White Auditorium, unless otherwise indicated (“G” Free. Updates at www.duke.edu/web/film/screensociety.
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Early Comic Strips Selections from the pages of 19th and early 20th century newspapers in Duke’s American Newspaper
Wetlands of Mass Destruction, Mesopotamian marshes. CURTIS RICHARDSON, professor of resource ecology and chair of the Environmental Sciences and Policy Division of Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, and director of the Duke University Wetland Center. March 29, 4pm. Perkins Library Rare Book Room. Free.
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